Skylab 1 crew begin 17 day debrief and readiness for Skylab 2
Skylab 1 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joe Kerwin and Paul Weitz return to Houston after a four week mission. They meet Nixon and Brezhnev in San Clemente and thank space workers at Ellington Air Force Base. Conrad says he is glad to turn over to Alan Bean for Skylab 2 a 56 day flight starting July 27. Kerwin reports postflight dizziness but doctors see no medical barrier to eight weeks in space. Brezhnev invites them to visit the Soviet Union.
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Howard Benedicap
Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
Charles Conrad Jr
Joeseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Woitelew
The
Space Center
Earler
Nixon
Leonid J. Brezhnev
San Clemente
Calif
Ellington Air
Kerwin
Earth
Ant
Weits
Conrad
Weitz
Space Agency
Sky 2
Eltz
Ticondes Roga
Brezhenev
Brezhnev
Russia
Soviet Union
Jaycees Open 53rd Convention in Minneapolis
About 10 000 delegates were expected at the 53rd annual national Jaycees convention in Minneapolis. The theme The Future Is Now guided forums on business energy and family matters. Lewis Timberland of Austin Texas replaced Rep Gerald Ford as keynote speaker, Ford citing duty on the floor. Delegates planned a Parade of States and six candidates vied for the next president.
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Minneapolis
Lewis Timberland
Austin
Tex
Gerald R. Ford
Mich
Ford
House
Beecause
Timberlake
Decision Dynamics
Jaycees
William D. Greene Jr
Oxen Hill, Md
Staneley Sieron
Belleville
James, Vernon
Corbin Ky
Donald M. Coutts
Baton Rouge
Richard R. Clayton
Abilene, Tex
Robert Standish
Arembridge
Rate Rise Postponed by U S Postal Service
The U S Postal Service announced the postponement of planned rate increases for periodicals and printed matter, due to the current price freeze. Increases for magazines newspapers nonprofit materials books and records were set for July 6 but will remain on hold pending further notice.
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Washington
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Service
Curent
Crash Kills Four Persons on I-20 in West Texas
MONAHANS Tex AP a tractor trailer rear ended a car on Interstate 20 killing four people including Betty Wynne 30 and three Wynne children Charles Edward 11 Sandra Lee 6 and Billy John 3 two others injured The truck driver Gaylord D Blankenship 38 of Victorville California faces negligent homicide bond 2400 both occupants unharmed Witnesses said the Wynne car had a flat tire and slowed in the right lane two miles west of Monahans the scene of the crash
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Monahans
Tex
Betty Wynne
Charles Edward
Sandra Lee
Billy John
Wynne
Here
Texas
Gaylord D. Blanckenship
Victorville
Calif
Blankenship
Charles Wynne
Wlessa
Susan Jane Wynne
Betty Jean Wynne
Del Rio News Herald publication and rates notice
Del Rio News Herald details afternoon and Sunday morning delivery hours, subscription rates for in town and out of town deliveries, and editorial policy. It lists publisher and staff roles and states the paper will correct errors brought to management. Advertising accepted on basic terms.
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Losbia
Fears
del Rio News
Herald, Inc
del Rio
Texas
Carner
Bel Aio
Vera
Calas Sorela Shielly Hares
Pedro Salasar
Fim
Communists Launch Cambodian Attacks
Associated Press reports heavy fighting as communist forces launch a twin pronged advance against government positions near Phnom Penh. U S airstrikes support defenders while clashes surge around Komepong Tuol and a key road junction on Highway 3 and Route 38.
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Dennis Neely
Associated Press
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S
Komepong Tuol
Rubber workers back to work as Firestone talks drift
Akron Ohio AP Rubber workers at most Firestone Tire plants resumed work after a strike began Wednesday. Only one local vote ratified the tentative contract while unions and management refused to disclose wage hikes. Picket lines remained in Decatur Illinois and Bloomington Indiana as other plants eyed ratification. Morhawk plant in Akron joined those approving a three year deal with an eighty cent hourly raise.
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Akron, Ohio
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
United Rubber Workers’ Union
URW
Inter National
Wmion
Firestone
Pottstown
Akron
Los Angelles
Memphis
UAW
Salinas
Calif
Des Moines
Iowa
General Tire Co
Morhawk Rubber Co
Ex McGovern Aide Now Prosecutor
James Vorenberg, ex adviser to George McGovern on crime, is named a top lawyer for the Watergate special prosecutor. He says his McGovern role was limited and he opposed Nixon on crime, while stressing independence of the prosecutor's staff.
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Donald M. Rothberg
Associated Press
Washington
George McGovern
James Vorenberg
McGovern
Vorenberg
Nixon
Vorenverg
Atty
Richard G. Kleindienst
Michard Nixon
Justice
McGovern Camepaign
Menti
Harvard Law School
Presidential Crime Commission
Lawoyers
Archibald Cox
Cox
Attoreneys
U.S
Kennedy
Money Bill Advances for Public Works and Nuclear Agency
Washington AP confirms House Appropriations Committee approves a money bill totaling 85.7 million dollars, funding public works water and power programs and the Atomic Energy Commission. The bill awaits House debate later this week as President Nixon requests funds.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
House Appropriations Committee
Nixon
Connecticut Doctors AMA For Right To Die Statement
Connecticut doctors urge the American Medical Association to approve a statement enabling patients to request not prolonging life by artificial means. The resolution, presented to the AMA House of Delegates, would offer a form for patients to express wishes in irreversibly ill cases, with emphasis on patient and family, physician, and clergy input.
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Brian Sullivan
New York
American Medical Association
Connecticut
AMA
House of Delegates
Organized Medicine
House
Laweyer
Supreme Court bars tax deductions for private school parents
The Supreme Court struck down tax deductions and aid for parents of nonpublic school students as unconstitutional. It voided New York and Pennsylvania plans offering tax relief and reimbursements for private schooling, citing neutrality toward religion. The ruling affects broader debates on tuition assistance and school funding.
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Vernon A. Guidry JR
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Supreme Court Today
New York
Pennsylvania
Misesissippi
Nixon
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Powell
Supreme Court Upholds Hatch Act and State Ban
The Supreme Court 6-3 upheld the federal Hatch Act barring federal workers from partisan campaigns and affirmed Oklahoma’s state law restricting state employees from such activities. The ruling affects about 5.5 million workers, maintaining merit and impartial service in government. Justice Byron R. White stated the act applies equally to all partisan activities.
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James H
Byron R. White
White
Power shortages disrupt Sydney and Melbourne amid strike
Sydney residents faced limited light as two bulbs allowed per household and half elevators ran while 500000 workers pressed for a 35 hour week. Melbourne trains and streetcars reduced by half as New South Wales Electricity Commission workers walk out. 4000 Victoria staff affected by a pay dispute. In Seoul, Korea observed the 23rd anniversary of the war with ceremonies. casualties tally from U.N. and allied forces. In Haifa, Rami Livneh, son of Avraham Levenbraun, received a 10 year term for contact with an Al Fatah agent tied to a Syria-linked spy ring.
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Australia
Melbourne
New South Wales Electricity Commission
Victoria
Haifa
Israel
Rami Livneh
Avraham Levenbraun
al Fatah
Syria
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